SRI funds: Nomen est Omen

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 35, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1276-1294

  Kempf, Alexander ^a   Osthoff, Peer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethical investment; Socially responsible investing; Socially responsible mutual funds

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649092623     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2008.02107.x     Document Type: Article

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